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Wife contributes to my watch fetish
I have always liked to collect watches (nothing crazy costly) and I have several from Tag and Ebel to even cheap Timex but until now they have always been procured by me. Tonight, the wife surprises me with a new piece. Not the most expensive in the world but there’s something about it that draws me in. I think she did pretty damn good!!!
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Nice, I like it a lot.
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Very nice gift, very thoughtful wife!
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Very sweet.
I like!!
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From a fellow watch geek, I like it!
I just bought this:  Some of my collection:     
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I am watch guy also, but like more obsure models. I have a couple Russian Poljots, 2 Trias watches , basically German watch with who knows movements, and a flying tourbillon (not swiss).
I want a Poljot Sturmanskie Gagarin soon. Will post pics shortly. |
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One that I want:
 Anonimo Militare flyback chronograph There are others on my list. |
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Re: Wife contributes to my watch fetish
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Very cool. They have made a series- there's a 356, 911 RSR and I think a couple of others. I just bought this...
 I really wanted a Tag Heuer Carrera Chrono in blue, but $2,600 is a lot of money! Cheers, Paul.
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Those Tourbillion's are pricey!
Scott, what is the name of the Seiko divers watch? I really like it...
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Not when you import them direct, most of the price is mark up. True swiss tours are outrageous.
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Saw a real Breguet in London, could not believe I was seeing a $120k watch
The chinese are making great tourbillon copies and several centre spun tourbillons are popping up online. Still in the 2-3k range, and even those its a chinese movement its still a centre tour and some are even automatic.. Last edited by dbrisson; 03-01-2007 at 05:10 PM.. |
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Nice gift from the wife
I could easily spend my salary on a few watches I want, why didnt I take up fishing?? 
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Scottmandue - how well does your Seiko automatic keep time? After years of living on a boat and cruising, mine doesn't look nearly that nice but I still like it.
It's lousy at keeping time, though - even for an automatic.
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Columbus, Magellon, et-al would have killed for one of todays cheap digital watches. A sat-nav unit? You'd have owned an empire! Watches as jewely? Kind of like any other status item, IMO... I just look at mine to see what time it is...
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03-01-2007, 05:59 PM
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Very nice. Let's see, I have a Rolex (30 years old), a Movado museum, an orange Seiko monster diver and two Carreras. My favorite right now is a red Prague chronometer I bought on Overstock for 15 bucks. The Rolex and Seiko are automatics. The others are quartz-battery, and keep better time.
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Just got this a few weeks ago.
 Traded this for it.  My old faithful.  My next one. 
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